install-css.md

Install Community Solid Server

Prerequisity: run Node v18 or later

The latest release of Community Solid Server at the time of writing — version 7 — expects Node to be v18 or later

It's likely that the Node version on your Debian is lower (i have v16).

node -v

If it's less than 18, use NVM to switch to v18 or later

First install NVM.

Install node v18 (or later)

# run as [user]
nvm install 18

Install and test-run the server

Option 1 - npx

No need to install, just run

# run as [user]
nvm exec 18 npx -y @solid/community-server@7 -p [port]

Option 2 - npm

Install the package globally

# run as [user] or root
nvm exec 18 sudo npm install -g @solid/community-server@7

Run the server

# run as [user]
community-solid-server -p [port]

Option 3 - github repository

This is useful when you want to edit or debug the server code

Navigate to project folder, clone and install the project from github repository

# run as [user]
# navigate to project folder
cd ~/www/[projectname]
# clone from github
git clone https://github.com/CommunitySolidServer/CommunitySolidServer.git
# go to CSS folder
cd CommunitySolidServer
# install
nvm exec 18 npm ci
# run the server
nvm exec 18 npm start -- -p [port]

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If you managed to run the CSS, you can stop it now with Ctrl+C.

Next: Set up nginx